Example sentences of "[noun] [verb] [verb] for [art] [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | After the action had lasted for a few minutes , County Inspector Meharg , through a loudhailer , ordered : ‘ The police will hold their hands , please . ’ |
| 2 | The angular brackets denote averaging due to chain polydispersity in the sample and the bar indicates averaging for the many conformational sizes available to chains of the same molar mass . |
| 3 | First , Steffi admitted ‘ The women 's event does n't really start before the second week ’ after most of the top seeds had advanced for no more than the loss of a few games . |
| 4 | There were unpaid bills , receipts and invoices , all spread around the large dog-eared ledger that Fred had used for the past-few years . |
| 5 | In some revue films , and especially in the grotesque and the funnies , the possibility of … negation does glimmer for a few moments . |
| 6 | Wooderson continued running for a few years , winning the European 5,000 metres and stretching his span of achievement from world record breaker at half-mile to national cross-country champion over nine miles in 1949 . |
| 7 | He and the housekeeper continued to converse for a few minutes and finally he said , ‘ Very well , Mrs Pettifer , sherry at six . ’ |
| 8 | Lead levels from a system with lead piping are much higher in the first few pints that come from a tap that has been left turned off than after the water has run for a few minutes , as this flushes out much of the dissolved lead . |
| 9 | Jessamy stopped drawing for a few moments . |
| 10 | In the event of trouble , remove the villain , let the other fish settle for a few days and them put him back . |
| 11 | South Africa have named for the same job , not a professional journalist , but Dr. Nick Labuschagne , a man who has just been ousted as President of the Natal Rugby Union . |
| 12 | ‘ Donkey has waited for a few minutes . |
| 13 | A few days before Michael came home , our daughter-in-law Pippa came to stay for a few days , bringing Emily , who was to go to a boarding-school in Yorkshire . |
| 14 | TWO blonde beauties in Prince Charles 's life have fallen for the same attraction . |
| 15 | The branch line had survived for a few years as a single line until its final demise . |
| 16 | The process of forming a government was slowed by numerous allegations that as many as 10 per cent of new deputies had worked for the former Ministry of State Security police ( " Stasi " ) as active informants . |
| 17 | However , one the " dose and move " system has operated for a few years this problem is unlikely to arise . |
| 18 | That would be her neighbour wanting to chat for a few minutes . |
| 19 | Other strange weaponry can be seen in the males of some kinds of beetles , and the antlers of deer have evolved for the same reason . |
| 20 | Later , Margaret stopped playing for a few years so she could concentrate on squash but three years ago she returned to the sport and now plays outside hitter for the Balerno team . |
| 21 | It was very simple , efficient , and reliable in operation , with the minor disadvantage that the vaporizer required preheating for a few minutes before the engine could be started ; when running , it retained sufficient heat to ignite the injected fuel . |